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Ex-US Treasury official leaves HSBC

The architect of HSBC's financial crime compliance unit has quit the bank

Ex-US Treasury official leaves HSBC

The former US treasury official who set up HSBC's financial crime compliance unit has left the bank.

Robert Werner, who had been HSBC's highest-ranking anti-money laundering executive and head of its financial crime compliance arm since 2012 when the bank revamped its compliance structure, left in late December. He is to move back to the US, according to a person with knowledge of his move.

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